In 2022, my brother got married.

At the dinner table, laughter filled the air.

That night in the best man's room, after several rounds of drinks, he joked, saying:

"I'm already 31, and I still need my parents to help with the bride price."

I raised my glass in agreement, smiling outwardly, but inside I felt a prick, like being stabbed with a needle.

That feeling of "adult helplessness" hit me unexpectedly.

After returning home, I stared at the string of numbers on the screen——

SOL dropped from 109U to 89U.

I stared for a few minutes, and a thought popped into my head:

"Why not take a gamble? A rebound?"

So, I invested all the 90,000 I had saved over two years.

At first, the market did seem to be cheering me up.

SOL rose from 80U to 95U,

I watched the numbers in my account jump, my heart racing so fast I could hear it.

In that moment, I even fantasized—

Maybe this time I could really turn things around.

Take profits?

What a joke! This wave would definitely break a hundred!

But reality is always colder than dreams.

Three days later, the market took a nosedive.

SOL plummeted to 40 dollars.

The moment the liquidation warning popped up,

I was shaking so much I couldn't even click "exit" steadily.

Account balance——only 200U left.

Tears welled up in my eyes, and I was completely stunned.

That night, I truly understood for the first time,

What it means to face "the knife of the crypto world,"

Cold enough to wake one up.

Later, I understood that

A true expert is not the one who makes the most money,

But rather the one who can afford to lose, step back, and hold steady.

The crypto world has never been a casino,

It’s more like a psychological game.

Not setting take profit or stop loss,

Is like exchanging life for experience.

That 90,000 was the most expensive tuition I paid in the crypto world.

But it was that liquidation that

Forced me to rewrite my own trading rules.

Now my account has multiplied dozens of times,

But every time before placing an order, I still remember that joke,

And that remaining balance of 200U.

Brother,

If you are still struggling in the crypto world, remember:

The market can come back, but if the principal is gone, it’s really gone.

The first survival rule of the crypto world,

Is not "how to get rich quickly,"

But rather—how to survive.

Now I have come out of it, what about you? Ask yourself, do you want to be a vegetable for life? Or do you want to be the one who laughs last? The carp leaps over the dragon gate; it's better to take action than just to feel excited.